Halinard

Halinard was Archbishop of Lyon[1] from 1046 to 1052 and served as abbot from 1031 to 1052.[2]He was once a candidate for the papacy, but turned it down.[3] He spoke fluent Italian.[4]

References

  1. Blumenthal, Uta-Renate (1995), The Investiture Controversy: Church and Monarchy from the Ninth to the Twelfth century, University of Pennsylvania Press, pp. 52–53, ISBN 0-8122-1386-6
  2. Bouchard, Constance Brittain (1987), Sword miter and cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgandy, 980-1198, Cornell University Press, p. 425, ISBN 0-8014-1974-3
  3. Smith, Lucy Margaret (1920), The early history of the monastery of Cluny, Oxford University Press, p. 164
  4. Herberman, Charles George (editor) (1908), The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4, Appleton, p. 614
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